Shortcuts FL Studio for Windows

Fl Studio digital audio workstation allows you to create music by recording and mixing audio or MIDI materials. For optimized and productive work in the sequencer, we recommend using hot keys. It is much easier and faster to write music with them, because hotkeys allow you to perform simple tasks instantly, and at the same time free your hand with a mouse from routine tasks.

Hot keys in fl Studio can be divided into 5 groups: “Main window”, “Sequencer”, “Piano roll”, “Mixer”, “Playlist”. Combinations are the same in almost all versions, so there is no need to learn new ones every time. In addition, it is not necessary to memorize all the combinations, it is enough to highlight for yourself the highest priority and work with them. The layout does not matter.

Hot keys in fl Studio allow you to work in settings, perform operations with files, channels, steps, space, patterns, legato, mixer, call tools, and so on. Combinations for different tasks may coincide in different functions, so you need to keep track of which section and function you are working with. But it is enough to get used to hotkeys, and work will speed up instantly.

We selected for you a complete list of hot keys in fl Studio with a description of the task, and also divided the combinations into categories for easy searching.

File Operations

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

Ctrl+O

Open file

Ctrl+S

Save file

Ctrl+N

Save new version

Ctrl+Shift+S

Save as...

Ctrl+R

Export wave file

Ctrl+Shift+R

Export MP3 file

Ctrl+Shift+M

Export MIDI file

Alt+0..9

Open recent files 0..9

Ctrl+F

Browser smart find...

Pattern Selector

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

NumPad1..9

Select patterns 1..9

NumPad+

Next pattern

NumPad-

Previous pattern

Arrow Right

Next pattern

Arrow Left

Previous pattern

F4

Next empty pattern

Channel Window & Step Sequencer

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

0..9

Mute/Unmute first 10 channels

Ctrl+0..9

Solo/Unsolo first 10 channels

Arrow Up

Select previous channel

Arrow Down

Next channel

Alt+G

Group selected channels

Alt+Z

Zip selected channels

Alt+U

Unzip selected channels

Shift+Arrow Up

Move selected channels up

Shift+Arrow Down

Move selected channels down

PgUp

Next channel group

PgDn

Previous channel group

Ctrl+C

Copy channel steps/score

Ctrl+V

Paste channel steps/score

Ctrl+X

Cut channel steps/score

Alt+Delete

Delete selected channels

Ctrl+Shift+C

Clone channels

Shift+Arrow Left

Shift steps left

Shift+Arrow Right

Shift steps right

Alt+R

Randomize

Alt+P

Send to Piano Roll

K

Show Keyboard Editor

G

Show Graph Editor

Ctrl+Alt+R

Channels - Restretch all

Record / Playback / Transport

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

Backspace

Toggle line/none snap

Space

Start/Stop playback

Ctrl+Space

Start/Pause playback

L

Switch Pattern/Song mode

R

Switch on/off recording (this also works during playback)

NumPad0 (zero)

Fast forward

NumPad/

Previous bar (Song mode)

Ctrl+NumPad/

Jump 4 bars back (Song mode)

NumPad*

Next bar (Song mode)

Ctrl+NumPad*

Jump 4 bars forward (Song mode)

Ctrl+E

Toggle Step Edit mode

Ctrl+H

Stop sound (panic)

Ctrl+T

Toggle typing keypad to piano keypad

Ctrl+B

Toggle blend notes

Ctrl+M

Toggle metronome

Ctrl+P

Toggle recording metronome precount

Ctrl+I

Toggle wait for input to start recording

Window Navigation

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

Tab

Cycle nested windows

Ctrl+F8

Open Plugin Picker

Ctrl+Alt+F8

Open Project Picker

Shift+F8

Plugin database

Enter

Toggle max/min Playlist

Esc

Closes a window

F1

Help

F5

Toggle Playlist

F6

Toggle Step Sequencer

F7

Toggle Piano Roll

F8

Show/hide Sample Browser

F9

Show/hide Mixer

F10

Show/hide MIDI settings

F11

Show/hide song info window

F12

Close all windows

Ctrl+F12

Close all unfocused windows

Shift+F12

Align all channel editors (since program version 11.5.8)

Ctrl+Shift+H

Arrange windows - Realign

Mixer

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Move selected mixer track left/right

Alt+L

Select the channels linked to the selected mixer track

Ctrl+L

Link selected channels to selected mixer track

Ctrl+Shift+L

Link selected channels starting from selected mixer track

F2

Rename selected mixer track

S

Solo current track

Alt+S

Alt solo - activate current track and all tracks routed to/from it

Alt+R

Render armed tracks to .wav

Playlist Action

Windows

Description Edit Cancel Save & submit

B

Paint tool

C

Slice tool

D

Delete tool

E

Select tool

P

Pencil tool

S

Slip edit tool

T

Mute tool

Y

Playback tool

Z

Zoom tool

Alt

Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)

Alt+G

Ungroup selection

Alt+P

Open the Piano Roll or channel depending on what's selected in the Playlist

Alt+T

Add time marker

Alt+NumPad*//

Jump to next/previous song marker (if present)

Ctrl+Alt+NumPad*//

Jump to next/previous song marker (if present) and select until next song marker (if present) or until song end

Alt+Right Click

Audition the clip selected

Alt+Right Shift

Engage snap free 'Slice Mode', release Alt after clicking on the clip to use snapping

Ctrl+A

Select all

Ctrl+B

Duplicate selection (or all clips in zoom range if nothing is selected) to the right

Ctrl+C

Copy selection

Ctrl+D

Deselect selection

Ctrl+P

Toggle Performance mode

Ctrl+T

Add time marker

Ctrl+V

Paste selection

Ctrl+X

Cut selection

Ctrl+Alt+G

Grid color

Ctrl+Alt+Home

Toggle resizing from left

Ctrl+Insert

Add space at the start of the timeline selection of equal length to the selection

Ctrl+Delete

Delete space according to the timeline selection

Ctrl+Enter

Select time around selection

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Select time before/after selection equal to the selection length

Ctrl+Left Click

Select

Ctrl+Shift+Left Click

Add to selection

Ctrl+Shift+Right Click

Zoom to selected clip

Ctrl+Right Click

Zoom on selection / Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release)

Delete

Delete selected clip/pattern source data

Double Left Click (on clip/pattern)

Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel Settings, Piano Roll)

Home

Move the playback marker to the start of the Playlist

Insert

Slice clip at mouse cursor position

Left Shift+Left Click (on Playlist)

Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after click and hold to resize) (must be in pencil mode)